Really, I think the extremes to which some school principals are carrying their "ZERO tolerance policy" toward guns in schools is doing more harm than good.

Even a 7 year old understands that a half eaten pop tart is not a real gun, so why is the school responding to it's presence in a school like it was a real gun? After all, if it's a harmless pop tart, it should be treated as such, and not treated like a real gun even if it's shape bears some resemblance to that of a real gun.

Kids at 7 years old are wanting to believe that there is logic behind the rules they have to follow in school and later in life as adults. That way they have some confidence that by following their own common sense they can hopefully stay out of prison.

But, schools that go ballistic and suspend students from shool for having a "bubble gun" in school, or chewing a pop tart into the shape of a gun shakes the child's confidence that trusting his own logic will keep him safe and out of prison.

Certainly, I wouldn't want to try to explain the logic behind his/her suspension to a girl that brought a "bubble gun" to school or a boy that chewed a pop tart into the wrong shape.